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I am a perpetual student of beliefs, discoveries and theories about the esoteric and I do divinations. Since I believe in a variety of things, I may share a few of your beliefs but I also have a few others. My thoughts are just thoughts. I'm not trying to tell you what to feel or do.

Friday, May 29, 2009

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Saturday, May 02, 2009

I'm not trying to be a prophet of doom but this is interesting. I found it on the "Ghost Town" website featuring pictures and information about the town of Chernobyl, abandoned after the nuclear reactor accident.

In Ukrainian language ( where we don't like to say "the") Chernobyl is the name of a grass, wormwood (absinth). This word scares the holy bejesus out of people here. Maybe part of the reason for that among religious people is because the Bible mentions Wormwood in the book of the revelatons - which fortells the end of the world....

REV 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

REV 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Also, in our language, if you break the name up, "chorno" means "black" and "byl" means "pain."

“And to issue this caution. Don't be afraid of ghosts. Most of them don't mean anyone any harm. But do exercise caution in contacting them. Because when you open the door, less savory things can step through too.”

“I had to be guided not to cling to my Earthbound friends so much. I love working with them but was putting too great of a burden on them. And because several of them care about me (thank you!) they did not want to leave me alone. But I was stunting their healing.”

“Folks, it is necessary that we instead call on higher powers to fill these needs. These higher powers have boundless energy. They will not get drained like our Earthbound friends. They can give us what we need.”

“My friends do feel sad that there are people who desperately need guidance and companionship. These people take a liking to these friends and constantly call on them. Its sad because really the Earthbound spirits can't fulfill this terrible longing. And they feel awful because they can't.”

“Bon Scott came to him and said "don't worry, I'll help you." And they worked together for about an hour, according to Brian. I love that story. It puts chills up my spine--in a good way. Its also a really, really good illustration of how an Earthbound spirit works.”

“I'm sure a lot of you have heard Brian Johnson's account of how when he was working on Back in Black he started to have a lot of doubts and came to ask himself "what the hell made me think I could do this? What right do I have to do this?'”

“I explained to him that I in no way wanted him to depart and never return but that he couldn't constantly cling to me because it wasn't healthy for either of us. I explained that I liked him very much and loved working with him but we had to do it in a healthier way.”

“I experienced a bit of this with the Dead (protector personality) aspect of my friend's soul complex. He was so very lonely and unhappy that there was a period of time when he clung to the first sympathetic conduit that he came across--me.”

“I find it necessary to point out that there are also spirits who take advantage of sympathetic humans. These people may or may not have been psychic vampires in life. Sometimes its simply a person who is recently dead and they are very, very unhappy and maybe somewhat frightened.”

“They love to work on creative stuff. If you're working on something and one of them steps in to help you out, its a really nice feeling. Plus its a give and take exchange rather than just one person taking from another.”

“Here's the thing: an earthbound spirit is earthbound because he or she has stuff they still need to work out. They need to work on themselves, on healing, on their goals that they hope to accomplish.”

“That way when people have questions that are outside the scope of the reading they will receive when they buy their autographed copy, or are more in depth than just something really quick, they can bring it here and we'll discuss it.”

“I've been hammering on us incarnates about our tendency to expect our spirit friends to be omniscient and omnipotent. THEY ARE NOT! To put it bluntly, these people have issues, or they wouldn't be Earthbound. They need to work on these issues and we need to let them.”

Oh gosh, didn't see you there! What I mean is that some folks expect spirits to have answers for them or special powers. They have a bit more perspective on certain things, but they don't necessarily have the answer one is seeking. And they certainly aren't omnipotent. They are just human beings. - You (edit | delete)

“There are many stress-related diseases. Heart attacks, strokes, ulcers, even cancer. But also problems like adrenal crash can lead to worse problems, like Addison's disease. When I found that out I was thinking "hell, I'm a huge candidate for that!"”

“I have the ability to sense people's emotions, and to know what to say to them based on this. I try to use this to help them, either to feel better or to be encouraged. But in the past, I am ashamed to admit, I have used this ability to really hurt people.”

“Like with most things I do, I'm pretty much self-taught with psychic matters. I have an innate ability to sense energies and communicate with spirits. But I learned on my own through trial and error (a hell of a lot of error) to make use of it.”

“For someone who deals in psychic matters, I really need to learn to protect myself better. People with disturbing energies or who are so needy that they become psychic vampires are especially disruptive to me.”

“I was enlightened today on how spirits can make themselves seem to be many places at once. They project positive thought at their targets. Thus they can make their energy felt in more than one place at a time. This ability is not unique to discarnate souls, but it is more easy for them to use.”

I was enlightened today on how spirits can make themselves seem to be many places at once. They project positive thought at their targets. Thus they can make their energy felt in more than one place at a time. This ability is not unique to discarnate souls, but it is more easy for them to use.What got me wondering about this was the fact that many people claim that my co-author is with them, sometimes for long periods of time. I'm thinking, well, he can't be with all y'all all of the time. I decided to ask him about this. He explained that if someone makes a (psychic) contact that he feels, he will usually send energy to them. He does make occasional visits to people, but neither he nor any other human spirit are going to be with any person for long periods of time unless they are working with the person on something or have a serious message to impart. It would simply take too much of their energy to keep focusing on being sensed that way. They get tired too, even though they don't have to sleep.This makes me realize that we need to be considerate of our spectral friends. I have at various times in my life been desperate and clingy with them the way I've been at other times with incarnate people. Doing this drains their energy. Now I simply say hello to my spectral friends when I wake up and before I go to sleep, along with the Powers that Be. Sometimes one will pop in to say hello, but usually its just positive energy coming back at me, and I'm ok with that. When one of them is working with me on something, they'll be around for longer.It isn't that they don't care, but like incarnate humans, Earthbound spirits have obligations. I am guilty of taking advantage of the kindness of my spectral friends at various times and calling on them to help me fix problems that I could fix myself, or that I should have called on higher powers to help me with. Earthbound spirits are not powers, they are people. Certain psychic abilities that we all have are easier for them to use, but they are not omnipotent nor omniscient. It is unfair of us to expect them to be.It is better to call upon angels, elementals, higher spirits, or deities to help us with troubling issues. For our human spirit friends, we need to allow them to work on their own issues. Earthbound spirits are often troubled people who are trying to heal. We wouldn't walk into a rehab hospital and hound our brother, sister, or friend (I hope.) But yet we feel all right doing this to our discarnate friends.I'm saying this as much to myself as anyone else because sometimes I've given my discarnate pals shit for "ignoring me" and this makes them feel bad. I'm the one that should feel like the horse's ass, though. Please forgive me, Guys. I just got enlightened to the truth today--and I've been talking to ghosts all my life.We can all help each other heal better by sending each other positive energy and good thoughts, and then appreciating each other when we at last are able to take time out of our busy lives (and afterlives) and spend a little time together. The same rules apply to our living contacts. We need to appreciate--not drain--each other. We're all trying to heal and grow. Let's support each other in this.I love and appreciate my friends, both living and in spirit.As I like to say, though it's cliche, I mean it though:"I love ya, Man!"

Push the glowing green Caution button to read the page I added to my website addressing the need to proceed with open-minded skepticism when working with spirits and and to never, ever, ever take at face value any entity claiming to be your "master" or your "lover." Unless the entity introduces itself as Master Bates, Sociopathic Supernatural Bisexual Gigolo from Fucktopia. Then by all means, damn the torpedoes, and full speed ahead!

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